Health and Nutrition of Sheldon, MO Residents

Diet Behavior & Nutrition

People living here eat an average of four meals (breakfasts, lunches or dinners) per week that were prepared away from home in places such as restaurants, fast food places, food stands, grocery stores or from vending machines. They get four of these meals from a fast-food or pizza place. People here eat three "ready to eat" foods such as salads, soups, chicken, sandwiches and cooked vegetables per month. They also eat four frozen meals or frozen pizzas on average monthly.

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Oral Health

The average Sheldon resident last visited a dentist four years ago (including all types of dentists, such as, orthodontists, oral surgeons, and all other dental specialists, as well as dental hygienists). Sheldon residents rate the overall health of their teeth and gums on average at 31 percent. They also use mouthwash or other dental rinse products to treat dental disease or dental problems an average of seven days per week. The average person living here (including children) has 14 teeth.

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Weight

The average height of Sheldon residents 16 years and older is 63 inches. The average weight is 148 pounds. Their average BMI (Body Mass Index) is 26. Fifty percent have ever been obese.

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Drug Use

Hundred percent of Sheldon residents have ever used marijuana or hashish. Forty two percent of people living here have ever used cocaine, crack cocaine, heroin or methamphetamine. Forty two percent have ever used any form of cocaine, such as powder, 'crack', 'free base', and coca paste.

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Diabetes

Thirty eight percent of people had a blood test for high sugar or diabetes within the past three years.

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Kidney Conditions-Urology

Sheldon residents 20 years and older on average get up to urinate one time at night (from time they go to bed at night until the time they get up in the morning).

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Taste & Smell

Hundred percent of people above the age of 40 have ever had wisdom teeth removed. Hundred percent have had two or more sinus infections.

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Health Insurance

Hundred percent of people living in Sheldon are covered by health insurance or some other kind of health care plan.

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Blood Pressure & Cholesterol

Fifty percent of people living in Sheldon have been ever told by a doctor or other health professional that they had hypertension (also called high blood pressure).

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Dermatology

Thirteen percent of people living in Sheldon use sunscreen.

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Mental Health

Thirty eight percent of Sheldon residents 18 years old and older have usually little interest or pleasure in doing things. Hundred percent of people living here have trouble falling or staying asleep, or sleep too much. Hundred percent of people often feel tired or have little energy.

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Prescription Medications

Sheldon residents on average take two prescription medicines.

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Alcohol use

Hundred percent of people living in Sheldon have at least one alcoholic drink per month. People living here drink alcohol 3.8 days per month on average. They have 4.6 drinks per week. On average people living here have 5 or more drinks on eight days a year.

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Sexual Behavior

Ninety six percent of Sheldon residents 18 years and older have ever had vaginal, anal or oral sex. Ninety five percent of females have ever had vaginal sex with a man. Seventy seven percent have ever performed oral sex on a man. Fifty seven percent have ever had anal sex. People in Sheldon were 17 years old on average when they had sex for the first time. People living here were on average 22 years old when they first performed oral sex on a woman. People in Sheldon were 18 years old on average when they first performed oral sex on a man. They performed oral sex on average on four men in their lifetime. The average person in Sheldon has vaginal or anal sex 75 times a year. Nineteen percent have sex without using a condom. Females in Sheldon 18 years and older have had any kind of sex with 11 men on average. They have had nine male vaginal sex partners in their lifetimes. Women here have on average 1.3 female sex partners in their lifetimes.

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Sleep Disorders

Sheldon residents 16 years and older usually get six hours of sleep at night on weekdays or workdays. Twenty five percent of them have trouble sleeping.

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Smoking-Cigarette Use

Sixty three percent of Sheldon residents currently smoke cigarettes.

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Physical Activity

Thirteen percent walk or bicycle for at least 10 minutes continuously to get to and from places. People living here spend four hours sitting on a typical day (this includes sitting at work, at home, getting to and from places, or with friends, including time spent sitting at a desk, traveling in a car or bus, reading, playing cards, watching television or using a computer). They usually sit and watch TV or videos for about two hours per day.

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Medical Conditions

Sixty three percent are overweight. Fifty percent of people 20 and older have arthritis.

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Reproductive Health

Eighty two percent of births in Sheldon were vaginal deliveries. Eighteen percent of deliveries were cesarean. 99.9 percent of deliveries resulted in live births. Fifty three percent of pregnancies resulted in a delivery. Twenty five percent of women breastfeed their children. Fifty percent of women in Sheldon have ever had a hysterectomy, including a partial hysterectomy (that is, surgery to remove their uterus or womb). Thirteen percent have ever used Depo-Provera or injectable birth control to prevent pregnancy.

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Current Health Status

People living in Sheldon report their general health condition on average at 34 percent. Excluding tests they have had as part of blood donations, 38 percent of Sheldon residents have ever had their blood tested for the AIDS virus infection. Six percent of people living in Sheldon are left-handed.

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Consumer Behavior

People in Sheldon spend $385 per month on average on food for their families at supermarkets or grocery stores. This is 15 percent of their income. The average family in Sheldon spends $36 on food at other stores monthly. This is four percent of their income. They spend $199 on eating out, including cafeterias at work or at school or on vending machines. This is eight percent of their income. This is zero percent of their income.

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Audiometry

People living in Sheldon report their general condition of hearing on average at 58 percent. Thirty eight percent of them can usually hear and understand, without the use of a hearing aid or any other listening devices, what a person says without seeing his or her face if that person whispers to them from across a quiet room. Fifty percent of people can hear a normal voice across a quiet room.

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Physical Functioning

Fifty percent of Sheldon residents 20 or older have limitations caused by a long-term physical, mental or emotional problems or illnesses keeping them from working at a job or business. Sixty three percent are limited in the kind or amount of work they can do because of physical, mental or emotional problems.

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